Shafter Women’s Club Plans May Meetings and District Delegation
The Shafter Women’s Club will continue through May with one final meeting for the state convention. Mrs. Tommy Colvard will be the club’s delegate to the March 9 Sequoia District meeting in Wasco. Mrs. Bruce Joppins attended as a guest and Mrs. Homer Hendricks and Colvard join the nominating committee and district duties. The Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary set a social cafe night for March 23 at 307 Elm hosted by Cliff Ratzlaff. committee members include Violet Ratzlaff Nellie Oliver Rosalee and Addie Pierce.
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Shafter Women's Club
Jack Colvard
Robert Merz
Ederation
Bruce Joppins
Homer Hendricks
Tommy Colvard
Sequoia
Wasco
Fire Department
Reguasr
Cliff Ratzlaff
Elm
Violet Ratzlaff
Nellie Oliver
Rosalee
Addie Pierce
Shafter
Shafter Women’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
Earle Oliver
Ronnie Billington
Gene Stark
Jon Johnston
Golf Tournament Canceled by Rain and March Plans
The Northern Women golfers canceled Thursday’s March 7 event due to rain. Several groups played a few holes but no 18 were completed. The club’s March 14 meeting at 9 AM will be led by President Millie Wright with player assignments for the day’s Partners Best Ball. Gladys Snider represents PWGA for the Northern group. next PWGA events are Cypress Hills Colma Oakmont on March 18 and March 21 North Kern team play.
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Millie Wright
Kern
Three Named As Entries In BofA Program
Three Shafter High School seniors were chosen to represent their school in the 1968 Bank of America Achievement Awards. Winners receive trophies and may compete for cash awards up to $1,000. honorees include Laird Parker in Science and Mathematics, Jan Lynette Dargatz in Fine Arts, and Janetlaine Kroeker in Liberal Arts.
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Shafter High School
Bank of America
Harold Corrie
Laird Parker
Jan Lynette Dargatz
Janetlaine Kroeker
Lois V. Ratzlaff
Ronald D. Koop
Walter G. Lee
Martha Ann Laverty
Carolyn D. Carrasco
Sylvia A. Marler
Fiona W. Sch
Judith M. Dick
Larry Dan
Inath
Trades and Innis
July Wedding Date Set for Miss Sheryl Jones
Miss Sheryl Jones and Truman Russell Britt plan a July wedding. Miss Jones, a Shafter High School student, is the daughter of Mrs. Ruby Jones of Merced. Britt, a 1963 Wasco High School graduate, is self employed in McKittrick and resides in Buttonwillow.
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Sheryl Jones
Ruby Jones
Maple
Miss Sheryl Jones
Truman Russell Britt
Bell Britt
Terresa Garcia
West Avenue
Merced
John Britt
Arkansas
Miss Jones
Shafter High School
Richland School
Wasco High School
McKittrick
Buttonwillow
Combs Couple Establish First Home After Church Wedding
Mr and Mrs Harold Combs establish their first home at 241 Pacific Avenue after a Monday February wedding at 7 30 p m in Church of God Rev A I Manos officiated the double ring ceremony in front of 125 guests The bride Miss Carolyn McWhorter is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry McWhorter of 158 West Tulare Avenue
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Harold Combs
241-Pacific_Avenue
Church of God
241 Pacific
Carolyn McWhorter
Henry McWhorter
W. Tulare Avenue
Kenneth McWhorter
Curtis Maynard
Bakersfield
Jim Wilson
Pauline Harbin
Rena Lewis
Norma Lewis
Sharon Hopkins
Donna Pillow
Combs
McWhorter
Clyde Gales
Chandler
Ariz
Mesa
Richland School
Children Visit Father After Heart Attack in Kern County
Nine Whitfield children travel home to support their father Daniel Whitfield who suffered a serious heart attack at work. Sgt Forwin Whitfield stays in South Carolina after returning from Viet Nam service. Kern General Hospital patients recover with optimism as relatives from Los Angeles Bakersfield and Berke ley attend the family.
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Mapli
Daniel Whitfield
Forwin Whitfield
South Carolina
Vietnam
Whitfield
Kern General Hospital
Wilbert Montgomery
Barry
Julie
Geraldine Ramos
Marilyn Whitfield
Donald Whitfield
Raymond Whitfield
Los Angeles
Ronald Powell
Berkeley
Kenneth Whitfield
Deale Air Force
Lois Dantzler
Bakersfield
Lions Club Ladies Host Steak Dinner in Ducor
Eighteen couples traveled by bus to Ducor for a Lions Club steak dinner hosted by Lady Lions members led by President John Hanner and wife Helen. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Billy Gladden and other Shafter Bakersfield area couples.
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The
Lions Club
Assemblyman Ketchum seeks repeal of eviction costs bill
William M. Ketchum reports on AB 387 to repeal the 1967 law forcing counties to pay eviction costs when rent nonpayment leads to writs of restitution. He notes support from county boards, cites constitutional challenges, and argues landlords should bear costs. He mentions Fresno County Counsel calling the law vicious and cites editorial criticism as support for repeal.
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Kern County
David Fairbairn
A Or
County Boards of Supervisors
County Supervisors Association of California
Supervisors Association
Sacramento
Apartment House Owners Association
The
Sacramento Bee
Plastic use in San Diego farming grows with film greenhouses
About 300 million tons of plastics are used annually in U S farming, mainly for crop growing and packaging. San Diego County leads with nearly 4,500 acres under plastic row covers and greenhouses, accounting for about 5 percent of U S agricultural plastic use. The practice began about 12 years ago when Muneo Torimaru started covering cucumber beds with plastic sheets.
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San Diego
U.S
San Diego County
Council of California Growers
Muneo Torimaru
Soldier Bruce Spencer Jr Departs for Korea
Sp/4 Bruce Spencer Jr. and his wife Barbara spent several days in Shafter visiting his parents Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Spencer at 260 Pine Street. He leaves March 19 for Korea where he serves as a cook in the Army after basic training at Ft. Lewis and cook school at Ft. Lee. Barbara plans to live in Coquille, Oregon during his overseas assignment.
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Bruce Spencer Jr
Barbara
Shafter
Bruce Spencer
Pine Street
Korea
Army
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Ft. Lee
Coquille
Ore
Asian Problems To Be Topic at Open Forum Meet
Dr. Claude A Buss of Stanford University will discuss Southeast Asia problems and their link to the United States. He speaks at Bakersfield Open Forum Thursday night March 14 as part of the spring series on American Foreign Trade in the Commonwealth Areas. The event starts at 8 p.m. at Harvey Auditorium on Bakersfield High Adult School campus.
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Southeast Asia
United States
Bakersfield
Snow Gates and Valves Parkered for Rust Proofing
Snow Gates and Valves claim rust proofing and leak prevention through Parkerizing. Snow round rubberized packing seals valves, preventing leakage and packing rot. See your concrete pipe yard.
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Bofa
Stephen Cooke
Mike Leigh
Eric Almberg
Rodney Feil
Rusty Cooper
Douglas Kerber
Clayton Camp
Bruce Handel
Mrs. Ilarold Combs
Ducor
William M. Ketchum
Fresno County
Robert Wash
John Miller
Assembly
Bertha L. Kleinkauf
Grand Island
Nebr
California
Henry E. Seier
Pismo Beach
Don Christensen
Ann
Lorraine
Shafter Press
Ton
George Globe
Liberal
Chester Avenue
Pairview
Habla Espanol
18Th & K Sts
Open Forum
Snow Gates
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Texas
Chicago
E.N. Brown
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